A poem is a small machine made of words. . .Its movement is intrinsic, undulant, a physical more than a literary character. (William Carlos Williams)

A poem is a small machine made of words. . .Its movement is intrinsic, undulant, a physical more than a literary character.

William Carlos Williams

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